TowerXchange Europe Dossier 2017


4-16 TowerXchange Meetup information

4    Introduction

6    Agenda, speakers and roundtables

12 Technology working groups

14 Investors club and New Street Research Tower Conference

16 How to join


18-48 Market dynamics

18 TowerXchange Europe Analysis

36 Who’s who


57-88 Transactions and deals

58 Cellnex/Shere deal analysis

61 Why the Telxius IPO was cancelled

65 Why the Global Tower IPO was postponed

68 American Tower/FPS deal analysis

74 Cellnex/Protelindo deal analysis

79 New Street Research: a global view on tower investing

84 CIS market studies: Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Armenia


89-130 Towerco business models

90   Editorial: Not all towercos created equal

99   Editorial: Operator led towercos

105 Interview: Tobias Martinez, CEO, Cellnex

111 Interview: Carlo Ramella, CEO, TowerTel (EI Towers)

115 Interview: Nicola Parmeggianni, CEO, HighTel Towers

118 Interview: Oscar Ciccheeti, CEO, INWIT

122 Editorial: FPS Towers site typology review

125 Interview: Olivier Huart, CEO, TDF

128 Interview: Nikolay Berdin, CEO, Service-Telecom


131-159 5G and small cells

132 Back to the future – Ericsson on 5G

134 The knowns and unknowns of 5G roll out

137 Analysys Mason on 5G deployments

141 Vodafone Procurement Company’s small cells strategy

146 Cellnex/CommsCon

148 Small cell forum editorial

154 Multi-operator small cells; interviews with ip.access, Spidercloud Wireless, Huawei and Commscope


160-199 TowerXchange Meetup Europe exhibition preview 

161 Abloy

165 Acsys Technologies Ltd

168 Beijing Dynamic Power Co., Ltd.

170 Bladon Jets

174 Delmec

177 EnerSys

179 Intelsat

182 MediPower

185 NorthStar Battery

190 Siterra, An Accruent Product

193 Tarantula

197 Vinson & Elkins